Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-02-04
ISLAND POND VERMONT. FEBRUARY A. 1887.

hat was the face Of Fannie. Religion had
made her happy while she lived, and happy
when she died, and has made her happy for
ever. Oh, am so glad the young come to-
lay. l have no words to express my emo
ton at the coming Of these young men.
Christ Himself died while yet young man,
and His sympathies go out toward the young.
Oh, that this regiment for God might be re-
lnforcel to-d9y by the coming of all these
young men and young women who have not
yet surrendered themselves to the Lord
Jesus.
But while this great flock have come Into
she dovec2t, the largest flock have flown the
other way. 1t is easy to feed the pigeons,
the doves. You go out with handful OF
corn or wheat, and they fly all around you.
They alight on your shoulder, and your
hands and your head, and you feed them,
and they stand around you, they are so very
tame. But do you know, my brother,
the finest of the wheat all these
Yearsl And yet you have flown away
from him You took your clothes from His
wardrobe. You took your bread from His
hand, and yet you have hsen flying the other
way. While these ost.ers cau1e into the dove
cot, you are out in the storm. And as some
morning, after severe winter tempest, YOU
have gone out and you have seen dead birds
all over the snow, so there will be a
time come when all those who re-
lect His mercy and despise the Gospel will
perish. Ah, the storm must come, ths storm
will come. 1t will shiver the masts of pride
and drive into the white reefs of death the
Iast cargo of sin. The cedars of Lebanon
will be split in the hurricane, and the
Islands will b moved out of their
place, and the continents will be
rent asunder, and the two hemispheres will
spin like a top in the fury of the last gale.
The wild beasts of the forest in alright will
come to the cliffs and leap of in an ava
Ianche of terror. The dead will come out of
their sepulchres to look at the scene, and all
those who rejected Christ must die. Know
ing that that day is coming, would not
be a coward if standing here l
did not tell you Of itf The prob
ability is that many of us will
sleep the last sleep near each other in the
gardens of the dead, how would l feel if
on resurrection morn when come up at the
call of my God, | should hear your voice
saying from an adjoining lot in the last rest
ing place: "You never told me of this; it is
through your neglect l am unDrepared for
lhisf' Oh caunot steel my nerves for such
a CONSERVATION. | tell you now, except a
man be born again he cannot see the King
dom of God.
How far is it from here to hellr' said a
scoffer on horseback one Sunday morning,
as he dashed pasta good Christian deacon on
the way to church. "How far Is it from
here to hell" AT the ne 1t turn of the road
the horse threw the rider and he was
dashed instantly to death. He found
out how far it was to ruin without
any information from the church deacon.
Oh, man on the swift course of death, speed
ing on toward thy doom, do you cry to me
to day, show far to ruinl" | answer:
'Near, very near"
"Perhaps this very day
Thy last accepted time may be;
Oh shouldst thou grieve Him now away,
Then hope may never Leam on thee"
Would that my Lord God would show you
your sin and help you to fly from it, and
your duty and help you to do it, SO that
when the last great terror shall spread its
two great wings over our world and with
talons of death shall clutch for thy soul, ii
cannot harm thee, for thou art in the safe
dovecot of Savior's mercy. What does the
dove in the coop care for the hawk in the
SKYE
"Come in Come iul
Eternal glory shalt thou win."